Private entrepreneurs and professionals in new social sectors
have constituted a crucial part of the united front work of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) in the new century.
Such a principle is enshrined in a document recently issued by
the CPC Central Committee, which is entitled Opinions on
Consolidating and Expanding United Front in New Century and New
Stage.
In the document, business people in private sectors and
freelance professionals are recognized along with workers, farmers
and intellectuals as builders of socialism with Chinese
characteristics.
With profound economic and social changes in the wake of China's
state-planned economy, new social forces including private
entrepreneurs and freelance professionals have emerged, the
document said.
They have made significant contribution to the construction of a
well-off society featuring common prosperity and socialist harmony,
according to the document.
Under such circumstances, the CPC should strive to mobilize and
unify their enthusiasm, make full play of their function to pool
new strength for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The document stressed that the united front has always been an
important part of the CPC's general policy, and a major "magic
weapon" of the CPC as a ruling party in governing the country.
Every possible positive factor will be brought into play under
the leadership of the CPC to consolidate the patriotic united front
to the utmost, the document said.
(Xinhua News Agency November 29, 2006)